1. Why does the time signature matter? I understand why it's important to know the 4 in 4/4 or the 8 in 6/8, but why does it matter if it's in 3/4 or 4/4 or 16/32? As far as my piano teacher has told me, you shouldn't have any kind of seperation between measures, so why are waltzes in 3/4? Couldn't they just as easily be in 2/4? I don't get it...![]()
2. What's the point of bars and measures? Why does it matter if there's three beats in each measure if you can just tie a note over and make it last for seven beats? What's the point in having everything lined up in little rectangles, other than maybe making it a little easier to read?
I've just been told that that's the way it is, and I don't think my teacher completely gets my questions, I have asked him. It could be that I'm not being coherent enough, or it could be because his native language is Spanish. He's fluent, but he does have some trouble sometimes.
Also, on a different topic, I'm supposed to understand something about how to find what keys have how many sharps and flats by starting on C and then doing something that I don't remember. Anyone have any idea what that is?